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George Baksa
George from the kindred Baksa (; died after 1307) was a Hungarian lord and a distinguished military leader in the second half of the 13th century. He was a key supporter of Ladislaus IV of Hungary and participated in various military campaigns during his reign. He successfully fought against the Mongol Empire, Mongols in Second Mongol invasion of Hungary, Hungary and Third Mongol invasion of Poland, Poland. After granting large-scale domains in Upper Hungary, he was also known as George of Sóvár or George the Salty (, ) and became eponymous progenitor of the Soós family, Sós (or Soós) de Sóvár noble family. Biography Early life George was born around 1250 into the widely extended Baksa (genus), ''gens'' (clan) Baksa, as one of the younger sons of Simon I, the ''ispán'' of the royal forest of Patak in 1262. He had five brothers, Baksa, Thomas Baksa, Thomas III, Simon II, Denis and Derek, the ancestors of the Szerdahelyi, Sztritei, Csapi family, Csapi, Bocskai family, Bocskai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabolcs County
Szabolcs was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except for three villages which are in the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine. The capital of the county was Nyíregyháza. Geography In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Szabolcs county shared borders with the counties of Borsod County, Borsod, Zemplén County, Zemplén, Ung County, Ung, Bereg County, Bereg, Szatmár County, Szatmár, Bihar County, Bihar and Hajdú County, Hajdú. It was situated mostly south of the river Tisza. Its area was around 1910. Prior to the Hungarian administrative reforms of 1876 Szabolcs controlled some additional territory to the south-west giving it borders with Heves County, Heves and Külső-Szolnok and the Nagykunság (part of the Jászkunság from 1745), as well as a small section of border with Békés County (former), Békés. This territory largely became part of Hajdú when it was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen V Of Hungary
Stephen V (, , ; before 18 October 1239 – 6 August 1272) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the oldest son of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. King Béla had his son coronation of the Hungarian monarch, crowned king at the age of six and appointed him Duke of Slavonia. Still a child, Stephen married Elizabeth the Cuman, Elizabeth, a daughter of a chieftain of the Cumans whom his father settled in the Great Hungarian Plain. King Béla appointed Stephen Duke of Transylvania in 1257 and Duke of Styria in 1258. The local noblemen in Duchy of Styria, Styria, which had been annexed four years before, opposed his rule. Assisted by King Ottokar II of Bohemia, they rebelled and expelled Stephen's troops from most parts of Styria. After Ottokar II routed the united army of Stephen and his father in the Battle of Kressenbrunn on 12 July 1260, Stephen left Styria and returned to Transylvania. Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finta Aba
Finta from the kindred Aba (; died 1287) was a Hungarian lord in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Palatine of Hungary from 1280 to 1281. He is best known for capturing King Ladislaus IV of Hungary in early 1280. Family Finta was born into the Széplak branch of the prestigious and fairly extended Aba kindred as the son of ''ispán'' David Aba. He also had at least three siblings: Palatine Amadeus Aba, who became a powerful oligarch at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, Judge royal Peter Aba and a sister who engaged to Simon Kacsics from the Zagyvafő branch in 1290. Finta had a daughter, Klara who married to Julius III Kán, ''ispán'' of Baranya County (also known as Julius Siklósi) and died before 1300.Engel: ''Genealógia'' (Genus Aba 1., Széplak branch) Career In 1277–1278, when declared to be of age, Ladislaus IV of Hungary successfully defeated and eliminated the aspirations of power of Roland, son of Mark and the entire Geregye clan led by former Voiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border are the Carpathian Mountains and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Historical Transylvania also includes small parts of neighbouring Western Moldavia and even a small part of south-western neighbouring Bukovina to its north east (represented by Suceava County). Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history, coupled with its multi-cultural character. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other very well preserved medieval iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Bistrița, Alba Iuli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiš
Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one of the 21 official tourism regions of Slovakia. The region is not an administrative division in its own right, but between the late 11th century and 1918 it was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary (see separate article Szepes County in this regard). Etymology The name is probably related to the appellative ''spiška'', ''špiška'' known from Slovak (Eastern Slovakia and Orava) and Moravian dialects ( Haná) - a (cut) stick, a piece of wood or sugar, etc. Old Slavic ''pьchjati'', ''pichjati'' - to stab, to cut → prefixed form sъ-pich-jь → after palatalization and extinction of yers ''spiš''. Spiš probably means "a cut forest". The theory is supported also by the fact that almost all early Latin documents ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligarch (Kingdom Of Hungary)
An oligarch or provincial lord () was a powerful lord who administered huge contiguous territories through usurping royal prerogatives in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 13th and the early 14th centuries. The term ''petty king'' used to be used as well. List of oligarchs Interregnum (1301–1310) * Amadeus Aba ( Northeast Hungary) * Stephen Ákos ( Borsod) * Stephen Babonić ( Lower Slavonia) * James Borsa ( Transtisia) * Matthew Csák ( Northwest Hungary) * Ugrin Csák ( Upper Syrmia) * Dujam Frankopan ( Primorje) * Ladislaus Kán (Transylvania) * Henry Kőszegi (Southern Transdanubia and Upper Slavonia) * Ivan Kőszegi (Western Transdanubia) * Stephen Dragutin Nemanjić ( Lower Syrmia) * Nicholas Pok ( Szamosköz) * Dominic Rátót ( Nógrád) * Paul Šubić (Croatia and Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar County
Bihar was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Principality of Transylvania (since the 16th century, when it was under the rule of the Prince of Transylvania, Princes of Transylvania). Most of its territory is now part of Romania, while a smaller western part belongs to Hungary. The capital of the county was Nagyvárad (now Oradea in Romania). Albrecht Dürer's father was from this county. Geography Bihar County was situated along the upper courses of the rivers Körös River, Körös, Sebes-Körös, Fekete-Körös and Berettyó. The medieval county also included ''Kalotaszeg'' region (now Țara Călatei in Romania). The total territory of the medieval county was around . After 1876, Bihar county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Békés (former county), Békés, Hajdú (county), Hajdú, Szabolcs (county), Szabolcs, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geregye (genus)
Geregye (also ''Geregen'') was the name of a ''gens'' (Latin for "clan"; ''nemzetség'' in Hungarian) in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13th century. The Egervári family originated from this clan. The ancient lands of the kindred were in Vas County (former), Vas County (today Gyanógeregye and Egervár). Later Judge royal Paul Geregye's branch acquired possessions in Szolnok County, Szolnok and Kraszna County, Kraszna Counties, where tried to establish dominion independently from the king, alongside other prominent clans (Aba (genus), Abas, Gutkeled (genus), Gutkeleds, Kőszegi family, Kőszegis e.g.). However, Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeated and eliminated their aspirations in 1277–1278, and this branch lost all of its political influence. Their lands and estates were governed by the Borsa clan following their downfall.Zsoldos 1997, p. 80. Members * Eth Geregye, Eth I (fl. 1200–1215), Voivode of Transylvania ** Paul Geregye, Paul (fl. 1236–1264; d. before 1271), Judge roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kun Laszlo
Kun or KUN may refer to: * Kun (surname), Kún Khun etc People with the given name or nickname * Cai Xukun (b. 1998), Chinese singer known simply as Kun * Cao Kun (1862–1938), President of the Republic of China * Chen Kun (b. 1976), Chinese actor and singer * Chen Kun (baseball) (b. 1980), Chinese baseball player * Chunyu Kun, Confucian philosopher and official * Feng Kun (b. 1978), Chinese female volleyball player * Hu Kun (b. 1963), Chinese violinist and conductor * Huang Kun (1919–2005), Chinese physicist * Jiang Kun (other), several people * Kun Can, Chinese painter * Kun Yang (b. 1967), Chinese physicist * Lee Kwan or Li Kun, Chinese actor * Li Kun (b. 1981), Chinese footballer * Lu Kun (1772–1835), Chinese Qing Dynasty official * Qian Kun, Chinese singer and songwriter * Wang Kun (other), several people * Yang Kun (b. 1972), Chinese singer-songwriter * Zhao Kun (b. 1973), Chinese swimmer Other uses * Kun ( 鯤) and Peng, two f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feketehalom
Codlea (; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Zäöeden''; ) is a municipiu, city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. Name The Romanian language, Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin , a diminutive of Latin (edge, rearward); or it could be a derivation from the Slavic languages, Slavic ''kotlík'' ("kettle"), as the ''Măgura Codlei'' (in this reading: "Kettle Hill") looks like a kettle. In Romanian, ''măgură'' means "large hill, mound, forest located on a high place". The hill also provides the Hungarian name of the city, ''Feketehegy'', "Black Hill". The German name's origin is unknown, but there is a theory that it was derived from ''Zeidler'', an antiquated word for "beekeeper". in Duden Wörterbuch (online). Accessed 24 Oct 2023. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
